| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| naijō 内城 | The innermost compound *kuruwa 郭 of a castle. Sometimes called *… |
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| nakajō 中城 | Also *ni-no-maru 二の丸, ni-no-kuruwa 二の郭, naka-no-maru 中の丸.… |
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| nawabari 縄張 | ✓ | Castle plan; general term for the layout of a castle and its component structures. Lit. "stretched rope," the term is said… |
Architecture, Castles |
| negoya 根小屋 | The *jōkamachi 城下町, or town below the castle in the late medieval… |
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| nejiro 根城 | Also read nejō. Lit. "root castle." The base of military operations. When several castles comprise a unit, … |
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| ni-no-maru 二の丸 | Lit. "second circle." The second compound outside of, or immediately adjacent to the main compound *… |
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| nishi-no-maru 西の丸 | A castle compound to the west of the main compound *honmaru 本丸. In a early-… |
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| noroshidai 烽火台 | Also pronounced hōkadai. Also noroshidai 狼煙台 or noroshiba 狼煙場. A fire beacon; a stone platform on… |
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| nozurazumi 野面積 | ✓ | 1 Also called *ishigaki 石垣; ishigaketsumi 石崖積; … |
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| nunozuki 布築 | Lit. "cloth construction." Ashlar construction. Also termed nunozumi 布積 (cloth piling). A technique used in dry… |
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| ransekizumi 乱石積 | ✓ | Also *ranzumi 乱積. Piling up unhewn rocks or random masonry. The earliest and… |
Architecture, Castles |
| renketsu tenshu 連結天守 | ✓ | Also called renketsushiki tenshu 連結式天守. A castle in which the principle tower or keep *… |
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| renritsu tenshu 連立天守 | Lit. "connected towers." Also termed renritsushiki tenshu 連立式天守. An extensive, highly-developed castle complex… |
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